This gorgeous collection of traditional tales includes lyrical and accessible retellings of stories from India, Africa, Greece, Egypt, Rome and The Vikings. Complex stories are brought alive through the spare narrative and evocative pictures. Illustrated by award-winning artist Bee Willey.

 

There are 192 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 2013 by ReadZone Books Limited .

Ita Daly is an acclaimed Irish novelist. Her short stories have appeared in Irish, British and US magazines and anthologies, and she has won an Irish Times short story competition as well as two Hennessy Literary Awards. Bee Willey is a well-known artist, who has illustrated many best-selling treasuries and books of fairy tales. Shahrukh Husain is an author and psychotherapist who specialises in film, women's studies and myth. Micha Archer has always loved the way words and pictures go together. Her illustrations are created using gouache, watercolor, penand ink and collage. She is influenced by her travels to West Africa, Mexico and Central America. She has also illustrated The Wise Fool for Barefoot Books.